STRIKINGLY in a Sentence

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In fact, I would even have put up with looking base if, at the same time, my face could have been thought strikingly intelligent.

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 Meanings and Examples of STRIKINGLY
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strikingly
 ad.  in a striking manner; remarkably, surprisingly
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The resemblance between her and her mother was strikingly great.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
2  Their taste was strikingly alike.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
3  This peculiarity is strikingly evinced in the head, as in some part of this book will be incidentally shown.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.
4  She seemed strikingly homely, standing there in the afternoon light.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXI
5  The difference between his present air and what it had been in the Octagon Room was strikingly great.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
6  There was a portrait within of a man strikingly handsome and intelligent-looking, but bearing unmistakable signs upon his features of his African descent.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
7  In fact, I would even have put up with looking base if, at the same time, my face could have been thought strikingly intelligent.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
8  The length of her body was strikingly out of proportion to her short legs.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV
9  In this case, however, although the occasion of the entertainment was similar, the company was strikingly dissimilar.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi.
10  Zeena took the view that Mattie was bound to make the best of Starkfield since she hadn't any other place to go to; but this did not strike Ethan as conclusive.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
11  Let the English mill workers starve because they can't get our cotton but never, never strike a blow for slavery.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
12  His was such an easy, graceful strength, lazy as a panther stretching in the sun, alert as a panther to spring and strike.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
13  Scarlett rose from his shoulder, furious as a rattler ready to strike.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
14  She heard him fumble in the dark, strike a match and the room sprang into light.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
15  Lily smiled also: his words were too acute not to strike her sense of humour.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
Example Sentence: (158 in 11 pages)
16  Their ultimate weapon was the threat of an all-out strike.
17  The workers' ultimate weapon was the strike.
18  You can do more than strike while the iron is hot; you can make the iron hot by striking.
19  The low wage had warmed the worker to strike.
20  The next day the union voted to begin an indefinite strike.
21  Many of the things she says will strike a chord with other young women.
22  It is hoped that the government's initiative will bring the strike to an end.
23  A strike by British Airways ground staff has led to the suspension of flights between London and Manchester.
24  She wanted me to strike out on my own, buy a business.
25  A strike will cause havoc for commuters.
26  The rail strike is likely to cause considerable public inconvenience.
27  The planned general strike represents an important economic challenge to the government.
28  The strike represented a serious challenge to the government.
29  This is a good chance to strike back your political opponent.
30  Junior and middle-ranking civil servants have pledged to join the indefinite strike.